- Matt Garman leads AWS with 11 executives amid rising cloud and AI competition.
- Garman, an Amazon veteran, became AWS CEO in June, succeeding Adam Selipsky.
- Julia White, ex-SAP and Microsoft, is the latest addition as AWS’s chief marketing officer.
A leaked Amazon Web Services organizational chart shows the 11 executives helping new CEO Matt Garman lead the unit through a period of intense competition in cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
Garman, an 18-year veteran of AWS, became its CEO in June. He took over from Adam Selipsky, who led the unit for three years after previous AWS CEO Andy Jassy was promoted to run all of Amazon.
Garman, who previously ran AWS sales and marketing, made a few changes to the cloud business when he took over, including combining global sales teams.
Since then, the biggest change to Garman’s team was to hire Julia White as chief marketing officer.
Here are the 11 executives who report to Garman:
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Julia White: VP, WW AWS Marketing
White joined AWS as CMO in November. She was most recently the chief marketing and solutions officer at SAP. Prior to that, she spent nearly two decades at Microsoft in roles including corporate vice president of product marketing for the Azure cloud unit.
“Julia will join my leadership team and further develop and execute our global marketing strategy, playing a pivotal part in AWS’s growth,” Garman wrote of White in an email announcing her appointment.
Peter DeSantis: SVP, AWS Utility Computing
Amazon
DeSantis was one of the first AWS employees and played a critical role building up its technology. He’s a member of Andy Jassy’s senior leadership team at Amazon, called the “s-team.”
DeSantis took over utility computing in 2021 when Charlie Bell, considered one of the founders of the cloud unit, left for Microsoft.
Prasad Kalyanaraman: VP, AWS Infrastructure Service, Infrastructure Leadership
Kalyanaraman, who has spent nearly 20 years at Amazon, took over infrastructure and network services for DeSantis when Bell left.
Colleen Aubrey: SVP, AWS Solutions
Aubrey has spent nearly 20 years at Amazon, but switched to AWS in May around the time Selipsky left. She leads the AWS unit responsible for business applications. Aubrey is a member of Jassy’s s-team.
Elizabeth Baker: VP, Private Pricing
Baker has been at Amazon since 2016 and runs the unit responsible for custom agreements between AWS and customers, providing terms like discounts based on usage. Baker’s past roles include positions at SAP and Oracle.
Werner Vogels: VP and CTO
Amazon
Werner Vogels is technically the chief technology officer of Amazon overall, but he has another important role within AWS. He acts as one of the public faces of the company’s cloud business and technical infrastructure.
Greg Pearson: VP, AWS Global Sales
After Garman became CEO, he integrated global sales teams under Greg Pearson, combining AWS Global Sales, WW Public Sector, the Greater China Region, and Sales Strategy and Operations.
Kathrin Renz: VP, AWS Industries
Renz leads the organization responsible for industry-specific AWS products for customers. She’s had the role since 2020 and Garman expanded her purview when he took over as CEO to include AWS Enterprise GenAI sales and business development VP Scott Rosecrans’s team.
Laura Grit: VP/Distinguished Engineer, Technical Advisor
Grit, a 17-year Amazon veteran, is the technical advisor to the AWS CEO. She previously led Amazon.com’s migration from on-premise data centers to AWS cloud services.
Ruba Borno: VP, AWS Specialists & Partners, AWS WWCO Partner Management
Borno has been at AWS since 2021. When Garman took over, he put Borno in charge of a new unit combining its Channels and Alliances team, responsible for relationships between global partners and customers, and its WW Specialist Organization, which connects service teams to customers.
Uwem Ukpong: VP, Global Services
Ukpong runs the AWS Global Services Organization, which includes training, professional services in commercial and public sectors, customer support and managed services, and security. Garman expanded Ukpong’s role last year to include its Sovereign Cloud and International Product Management teams.
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